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| name = Bhagwanpura Solar Power Plant<br />
| name_official = Welspun Solar MP<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|24.6907|N|75.1347|E|region:IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| location = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| status = O<br />
| construction_began = 2013<br />
| commissioned = February 2014 <br />
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| solar_type = PV<br />
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| ps_site_area = {{convert|305|ha|acre|0|abbr=on}} <br />
| ps_electrical_capacity = 151 [[Megawatt|MW]] {{small|(130 [[Watt-peak#Conversion from DC to AC|MW<sub>AC</sub>]])}}<br />
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The '''Welspun Solar MP project''' is a 151 [[megawatt]] (MW) [[photovoltaic power station]] located in Bhagwanpura village, just south of [[Diken]], in the Jawad tehsil of [[Neemuch district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], central [[India]].<ref>Welspun Energy Ltd. [http://www.welspunenergy.com/welspunenergy/Businesses_WREL.html 151 (DC) MW Solar Plant, Madhya Pradesh], http://www.welspunenergy.com</ref><br />
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Operational since February 2014, it is one of the [[Solar power in India#Installed capacity: national and state-wise|largest solar power projects]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-02|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Solar power in India#Installed capacity: national and state-wise|reason= The anchor (Installed capacity: national and state-wise) [[Special:Diff/1183930281|has been deleted]].}} in India.<ref>{{cite web <br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indias-largest-solar-plant-in-mp-modi-calls-it-saffron-revolution/article5729436.ece <br />
|title=India's largest solar plant in MP, Modi calls it 'saffron revolution' <br />
|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> <br />
|date= 26 February 2014<br />
|website= www.thehindu.com<br />
|publisher= The Hindu<br />
|accessdate= 24 August 2014}}</ref> The Welspun Solar MP project was constructed at a cost of 1,100 [[crore]] [[rupees]] (about $182 million) on {{convert|305|ha|acre}} of land. It supplies power at a rate of 8.05 rupees per [[kilowatt-hour|kW·h]] (13,31 cents/kW·h). [[Welspun Energy]] Ltd. (WEL) built the plant through its subsidiary, ''Welspun Solar Madhya Pradesh Private Limited'' (WSMPPL). The project mitigates 216,372 tonnes of carbon emissions annually and power to 624,000 homes.<br />
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The average capacity utilization factor of these solar plants is significantly above the CREC's 19% norm.<ref>{{cite web|title=Solar Projects|url=http://www.welspunrenewables.com/business.html|website=Welspun Renewables|accessdate=26 October 2015|archive-date=1 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101115618/http://www.welspunrenewables.com/business.html|url-status=dead}}, http://www.welspunenergy.com</ref> The solar PV modules use [[polycrystalline silicon]] photovoltaic technology, each with a module capacity of a 235&nbsp;W<sub>p</sub>, and are connected to inverters with an output of 630&nbsp;kW<sub>e</sub> each. The generated electricity is exported to the regional North-East-West-North East (NEWNE) electricity grid in India, after being stepped up to 132 kV. <br />
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The site, situated on a 500-meter-high barren land ridge, receives some of the highest irradiation levels in India, with a measured DNI (Direct Normal Irradiance) of about 2076&nbsp;kW·h/m<sup>2</sup>. The expected lifetime of the solar PV power plant is 25 years.{{fact|date=July 2022}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Solar power in India]]<br />
* [[List of photovoltaic power stations]]<br />
* [[Photovoltaics]]<br />
* [[Renewable energy]]<br />
* [[Solar energy]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Solar power in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Photovoltaic power stations in India]]<br />
[[Category:Solar power stations in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Neemuch district]]<br />
[[Category:Welspun Group]]<br />
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 2013]]<br />
[[Category:2013 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]</div>Kanna chan